Ellmore Living Shoreline, Escambia County, Bayou Texar

General Project Information

Project footprint:

Location:

Can it be visited by the public?

View from the water ONLY

Coordinating organization:

Florida DEP NWFLAP

Timeline

Start date and completion date:

Installed in 2001

Other relevant timeline information:

This project was completed in 2001 by DEP Ecosystem Restoration Section. Several hundred Spartina alterniflora and Juncus roemerianus were installed along the intertidal zone. Several yards of sand fill was spread along the shoreline prior to planting and a turbidity curtain was deployed waterward of the project for a short period after plants were installed.